La Comida
Tuesday, January 03, 2006Hey all, I have a second post for y'all today since we decided it might be good to take one night to rest a little. Don't worry though, as the earlier post today said, the good times are still rollin'.
Anyway, just so when you read the other posts you don't think I'm on a completely liquid diet while I'm here, I thought I would share with you some of the interesting things I've had to eat while I was here. So, the menu so far this vacation was:
Plantains:
I've had these in many forms, baked, mashed, fried and others. If you're not familiar, basically if you mated a banana and a potato, a plantain is what you would get. They look like bananas, but taste much more like a potato. They go well with just about everything, so they're served with, well, just about everything ;O)
Mofongo Rellena:
This is a specialty around here. This is a bowl made of mashed, baked plantains stuffed with some kind of meat. It can be various types for seafood like we had to Rosa's yesterday, or it could be beef like we had tonight at Ropa Viejo or any other meat combination. If you have the chance you should definitely try it.
Pulpo:
Octopus. Yeah, you know, tentacle, swims around and squirts ink. Yeah that. This was served chilled in oil and other spices. Suprisingly, it needs the seasoning since it really doesn't have much flavor on it's own. The dish together, served in a martini glass, was very good though.
Ceviche:
This is a fish dish. Also often served in a martini glass is usually swordfish, but can be lots of combinations of things. When I see the word I think "Keesh" but it's said "say-vee-chay" in Spanish. It's chunks of fish, served chilled and also mixed with oil and spices.
Paella:
This you can find many places but it's usually a good dish. It's rice with Sea Scallops, Calimari (squid), Mussels, and sometimes chicken and other fish. Depending on the stock and spices they use the rice can taste more fishy or more chickeny. The stuff I had was more toward fish, but it was good even though the portion was unfortunately small.
Churrasco:
This is steak with Puerto Rican spices, the name varies depending on what it's served with though. The one I had was various PR spices and olive oil. It came served with Beans and Rice and had an excellent flavor. I thank Chicken Paul's Brother for an excellent choice there.
Costco Rosemary Ham:
This is most definitely not a local specialty since it's from Costco, but DAMN that was a good beach snack. If you have access to a Costco, buy some and be careful not to eat the whole package in one sittings.
I also ate at Fuddruckers and burger king and a few other places, but that's nothing fun. Anyway, time to watch the Orange Bowl. I hope you are all having a good time, I look forward to giving you updated on the rest of the week and I still do promise you an audio broadcast from the beach :O)
Later all!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 7:11 PM,
8 Comments:
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At Tue Jan 03, 11:06:00 PM,
Marie said...
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Mmmm!! That sounds like damn fine grub. Glad to hear you are living it up over there. :)
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At Wed Jan 04, 11:33:00 PM,
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Hey sweetie!
I am really glad to see that you are having fun in PR. Tell Pauly, runt says hello! :o) You take it easy and have a safe flight back to MinneSotah. :o) -
At Thu Jan 05, 10:46:00 AM,
Leesa said...
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Wow, sounds very interesting!
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At Fri Jan 06, 08:41:00 AM,
Kira said...
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I LOVE Cuban food. Damn! I was born and raised in Florida, so I had plenty of it growing up. I can make a mean ropa vieja too :) Plantains are best fried up and carmelized...mmmmmm!
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At Fri Jan 06, 11:12:00 AM,
Unknown said...
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mmmm...
now I am hungry! -
At Fri Jan 06, 12:58:00 PM,
Melissa said...
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I'm now starving and all I want is ropa vieja.
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At Fri Jan 06, 10:16:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Pieces - Sorry about FSU ;O) I was cheering for Texas. The poor guy in the sports bar we watched the game at had like $1000 riding on the game. yikes! Oh I was eating, trust me :O)
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At Fri Jan 06, 10:19:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Marie - Yeah it is all really good stuff :O) Definitely trying to live it up as much as possible :O)
Runt - Definitely had fun, he said Hi back, and i did indeed make it safe :O)
Leesa - Very interesting and very tasty!
Kira - Yeah I had one mofongo that was stuffed with Ropa Veija at a restaraunt called "ropa Vieja" hehe. very very good!
Kellie - Hope you fixed that :O)
Melissa - i do beleive you're another new poster, welcome :O) Hope you got some Ropa Vieja ;O)